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Established 1878,
CLARE,  MICHIGAN,  THURSDAY AFTERNOON  JANOARY,   7 1904.
' NewBeries:. .Vol. 12,^0. 7
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Ladies' 50c
All Wool
Golf Gloves
only
35c a pair,
,        JANUARY
CLEARING SALE.
Thousands of Dollars worth of hew up-to-
date Goods Sacrificed to make room for
Spring Goods.
Buy Good
Clothing
Cheap
at
Bicknell's
WOMEN'S SKIRTS.
A complete line of   New Skirts
nnist be sold before January 31.
1.50
1.89
3.45
'3.95
4.95
5.95
Wo-
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All our 1.89 skirts to close
"   2.50-3.00     ,(       "
4.50 " "■
" 5.00 " "
"       6.00'        "       "
7.00        "
Extraordinary   offerings  in
men's Fine Mercerized PetticoatB
from . 79c to 2.48
Knit Skirts to close D 9c
Flannelette Skirts to close       45c
95c wool skirt patterns 75c
1.25    "       "       " 95c
GOATS, GAPES,
and FURS,
25 per cent discount on all Coats,
Capes and Furs.
Plush capes 2.28 to 7.50
Ladies' coats 1.50 to 15.00
One lot of ladies' coats, all sizes,
worth up to 7.50 to close 1.98
Brown zebeline box coat only 4.50
All our S10 coats 7.50
One lot of satin lined coats' worth
up to 15.00 to close •      3.75
It Pays to Trade at Bicknell's.
CLOTHING.
450 pair Men's Pants worth 1.50
to 2.50 (some corduroys) only 99c
Men'B 2.00 and 2.50 all wool kerseys only 1-48
Boys' 25c Knee Pants 15c
"   50c       "       "   • 35c
" 1.00        "       " 79c
GREAT CLOTHING
SALE.
Men,s all wool "Auburn" Melton
suits, brown or gray, worth 12.50 to
close 7.50
Men's all wool cassimer suits were
9.00 now       ' 5.00
Men's black thibit suits were 6.00
now 3.95
Other suits from        3.75 to 11.50
Positively the greatest money saving sale' ever held in the city.
OVERCOATS.
Every coat bought for this year's
trade. 25 per cent discount on any
coat in the store. It will pay you to
call early and inspect the line we are
now showing. We can save you
from 1.00 to 5.00 on an overcoat.    .
54 inch
Suiting
All Colors
only 69c
Sale Continues Through January.
Wni. H. Bicknell & Co.
Buy your
Overcoat
at
Bicknell's
SMALL POX AT TEMPLE.
Ten Families Quarantined, Exposed by a Woodsman--
a Warning.
From our correspondent at Temple
we learn that ten families are in quarantine from exposure to small pox.
Frank Bradley came home to spend
Christmas from a camp, that rumor
says, was already quarantined. He
was sick at the Christmas eve dance,
but doctors said not enough to give
the disease. But Sunday night he
was at church and on the street and
continued to move hither and thither
Monday forenoon till taken charge of
by the proper authorities. Then it
was deemed best to quarantine ten
families that had been exposed. This
precaution was taken with the view
of preventing, if possible, any farther
spread of the disease. There is, however, a decided feeling that quarantine
regulations should have been enforced
right at first and thus there would
not have been so many families exposed.
This small pox .case at Temple
should be another reminder to all our
people for prompt enforcement of
quarantine upon all persons exposed
to small poxi One person affected
with the disease, if permitted to go at
large, may expose a whole community
and be the means of carrying the
dread disease into hundreds of homes.
Let every precaution be taken and
every regulation rigidly enforced to
prevent in this section a repetition 'of
the experiences of three winters ago.
Successful Banquet.
The Lewis Cass Club records its
second annual dinner given in Clare
.ast Thursday evening as a most successful affair Both the eatables and
the oratory furnished were' most
thoroughly relished. President Mus-
cott introduced C. W. Perry as toast-
master who gracefully presided. The
principal address of 'the evening was
made by Congressman Lucking, advocating the question of imperialism
as the main issue for the coming .campaign. '. Other speakers were Frank L.
Fowler of Manistee, L. T. Hemans of
Masohand State Chairman Barkworth
of Jackson.
Nella Long Concert.
The concert given at the opera
house Wednesday evening under the
auspices of the Guild was most creditable to all concerned. A fineaudience
greeted the appearance of Miss Long
as a violinist who but six years ago
was one of Clare's girls and she with
the others participating acquitted
themselves in a way to -excite the
favorable comment of those present.
The piano solos by Mrs. O. M. Sutherland and Hazel Alward were very cordially received as were the vocal solos
by the Misses Grace Giberson and
Mabel Townsend. The club swinging
by O. M. Sutherland with electric
light effects at the end of the clubs
was a decidedly novel and enjoyable
feature.
Miss Long's playing on the violin
showed her to be an artist of marked
ability which, years of study and careful training has developed to a high
degree. She more than met the expectations of friends and her performance was most favorably received.
There is a touch of interest connected
with the earlier days of Miss Long's
career. About eight years ago her
father came to Clare as pastor of the
Cong'l church, and Miss Long, then a
young girl, finding an old violin in the
attic of the house they occupied, began.the study and the practice upon
the instrument she has since learned
to love so well. The old' violin has
been replaced by another one but she
no donbt still remembers the old instrument from which she took her
.first lesson.
Nurse Sips—Smallpox
Patient Escapes.
From Mt. Pleasant comes the information that about a week ago an
Indian was found in a small boarding
house affected with smallpox. The
city council immediately provided a
pest house in the extreme north part
of town arid- moved the patient there
and provided a nurse named Simon.
| One day, however, a bottle of alcohol was sent out for medical purposes.
.The nurse partook somewhat freely,
. perhaps to fortify against the disease,
arid soon was'in dreamland. When
he awoke the smallpox' stricken patient had departed, and as far as is
I known, is still at large.
CARRIER ESCAPES INJURY.
Suggestions for Aiding R. F. D:
Carriers.
TheTfforse of the mail wagon for
route number three when coming in
for mail Tuesday morning in charge of
substitute carrier, G. C. Leibrand,
shied and, suddenly drawing the wagon
up onto a snow bank, tipped it over.
In the" mix up the horse broke loose,
smashing a thill and the front end
of the wagon. In such an accident the
mail wagon" is not a safe place to be
and it was fortunate for the occupant
in, this case that the horse readily
broke loose. Mr. Leibrand was thankful .to escape unhurt. The wagon was
soon patched up ready to resume work
for the day.   .
. From the carriers we learn that
snow bank incidents and "tip-overs"
are not unknown by them and they
surely are earning their small salary
of $600a year, that sum paying a car-'
rier and his two horses. At least patrons ought to aid in every way possible in keeping a road to boxes. Here
area few suggestions for aiding the
carrier:
Don't ask the carrier to "wait-
just a moment" while you write a
postal or address a letter.
Don't allow horses to stand tied
in front of your mail box, for  we
* cannot deliver your mail if you do.
Don't ask for a ride. They are not
allowed to carry passengers and
* will refuse.- ■
Don »t ask for mail along the road. •
Don't ask the carrier to pick pennies out of the mail box every time
you mail a letter. Buy stamps and
have them on hand. It don't cost
any more and saves us much time.-
Be sure that your name is plainly
printed on your box., "       *._..
Don't forget to oil the mail box.
■ .-, Don't open mail until you are
sure'it is yours, as they are liable
to mistakes.
Don't* forget to give your subscription for papers to the mail
^carrier. He will give you as good
rates as anybody. ■
• -DA VY & COMPANY'
EVERYTHING TO WEAR
LOWEST PRICES
Crowds
Pork roasts eight cents a pound' at
Bicknell & Fletcher's.
Are
Taking
Advantage
of the.
Extraordinary Low Prices
we are now making in our Clothing Department.
Everything in,^3?5^^ _;t
Men's, Boys9 and
Children's Clothing,
and Funishings
are selling at the Lowest Prices ever offered
in the city.
The building is.to be torn down and the
Stock must be sold.
At the prices we are selling it would be a
good   investment  to buy your clothing for y
the coming year NOW.
We are also making^^gii^^-
Big Reductions 1
on all Winter Goods in the Dry Goods De-   \
partment.
•Davy & Company •
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Alfred Louch Dead.
At an early hour Tuesday morning
Alfred Louch, one of Clare's old residents, departed this life at the age of
fifty-eighty death being caused by an
over-dose of morphine. The funeral
will occur from the home Sunday
afternoon under charge of the Masonic order of. which deceased was a
number.
• Alfred Louch was born at London,
England, in 1846 and when young accompanied his parents to Clear Creek,
Ontario. Thirty years ago" he moved
to Clare where he has followed the
blacksmithing business, being known
here as a skilful mechanic. Besides a
wife he leaves two sons, Percy, of Cadillac and G. T. of Clare, Jand one
daughter, Mrs. Myra McCanty, of»this
city. His mother, four brothers and
four sisters also survive him one of
whom is our townsman, James Louch,
and nearly all the others reside in
Ontario.
Deceased was a member of the Maccabees and Masons and the deepest
sympathy of a large circle of friends is
with the widow and the family in the
hour of sorrow.
Clare County Circuit Court.
The January term of circuit court
convenes at Harrison next week Monday. No very important cases appear
on the calendar but among those to be
tried are the following: The Giles
incest case to be tried for the third
time; the Tolman brothers charged
with hone stealing in Clare; Nelson
and Crawford of Temple charged with
violation of liquor laws; Ohas. Dart,
larceny of a cow.'
Grant Grangers.
At a recent meeting officers of Grant
Grange were elected as follows:
W. M-—Geo. B. Pease.,
Overseer—C. C. Stoll.
Trta'surer—John Shroeder.=
Secretary—J Y£. Schaeffer.
Every one is cordially invited to attend the open installation of the
above officers at the Grant town hall
Wednesday evening, January 13th.
All bring your coffee cups and partake
of the delicious coffee and -fried-cakes
which will be served.
The Herrick store pays 18 cents for
butter.   •        .
USE FOR PINE STUMPS,
Possible Solution of Problem
of Clearing Cut Over
Lands.
Russians Near Hinckley, Minnesota, Actually Making Profit
From It.
On the authority of the Duluth
Herald a boon to the < -vners of uncleared land in thewil.u of Northern
Minnesota is believed to !:avecome in
the solution of the problem of. clearing land free of charge; and it is possible that the farmers may be advanced a little lucre for. allowing their
property to be cleaned'of the remnants
of the mighty pine forests.
Eleven miles east of Hinckley there
was established, three months since,
by a party of Russian Jews, an industry which makes possible from the removal and carting away of stumps, a
lucrative industry. The plant' is not
a large one, in fact, the whole thing is
operated by three men and represents
but a small ontlay ■ of money.1 When
the representatives of a campany visited Hinckley and presented the proposition of clearing up all of the land
in that vicinity, free of any cost, ex-,
cept that of getting established, there
was a mighty furore created among
heavy land owners, who had long been
computing on the problem of getting
their land cleared at $30 or more per
acre. As it did not cost much to establish the plant, the people decided
to take a.chance, and they did. Now
a large area of land has been divested
of every stump and is ready for the
plow. '
The stumps which are being taken
from the land are hauled to the plant
arid' split into chuncks. These
chuncks are placed into large retorts,
or boilers, • where' they are. gradually
heated. At a certain temperature,
the turpentine that is in the wood
flows-downward and into a pipe, and
from there into a still'. At a greater
temperature the tar from the wood
goes into a pipe and thence into a still
oh the opposite side of the retort*
Then the heat is"increased, and what
remains of the wood is converted into
charcoal. The charcoal, which is contained in the basket in which,  the
wood was held in place is then removed by means of a derrick and
thrown into a storehouse.
The two retorts are now in operation,
working twenty-four hours. In a
short time two additional retorts will
be constructed. ' Each retort will hold
a cord of wood, which is capable of
producing sixteen gallon of refined
turpentine," thirty gallons of refined
tar and thirty bushels of charcoal.
As it takes about five days for a cord
of pine stumps to be boiled out, it
wi*l be seen that the monthly output
of the little plant is about ninty-six
gallons of refined turpentine, 180 gallons of refined tar and 180 bushels of
refined charcoal. . '
Although just recently established,
the company, which has taken the
name of the "Standard Tar and Turpentine company," has found a ready
market for all of its output. A wholesale drug company of St. Paul is endeavoring to make a contract for all
or the tar oil,.turpentine, and .a contract has already been made for the
disposition of all of the charcoal to a
smelting company in Montana.
Manager Capilvitz jof the company
says that his father, and even back to
his great-great-grandfather followed
the same, occupation as the One at
which he is employed and that there
is really nothing experimental about
it. . '    -
Four Silos for Clare County.
Contracts have just been entered
into with the Kalamazoo Silo Co. for
the construction of three silos in' Arthur township and one in Grant ranging, -in value from $180 to $400. L. W-
Sunday is to.place one on his farm
fourteen feet in diameter and thirty,
feet high; J. IT. Brand one eighteen
feetr in diameter and thirty feet high;
A. P. Brewer one twenty-nine feet in
diameter and thirty two feet high and
the Saginaw Beef Co. one twenty-nine
feet in diameter, and thirty-two feet
high.
The only silo .previously built in
Clare county was the one on Dr. L. L.
Kclley's farm east of •Farwell. which
was consumed by fire some time ago
with the barns. But the installing of
these silos in the country northeast of
Clare Is another evidence of its agricultural resources' ahd we' doubt. not
that other silos will in the near future^
be added there.
Mt. Vernon Grange Officers,
At the regular   meeting' Monday
evening the following, officers -were
elected by Mt. Vernon Grange:  ,»
Master—John Northon-    -      ' •
Overseer—Mrs. F. Lamoreaux.
Lecturer—Walter White. .,   ■      ':
Chaplain—Mrs. Walter White! -- K
Steward—Wm.'.Duncan.     ,   •;..
Assistant Steward—M. Brewer,.':
Treasurer-Oscar Northon. *
Secretary—G. Q. Leibrand.    .   ,».
G. K.—D. Malcolm.:'
L. ass't. Steward—Edna McDonald.
Free Ride North.     ;
To induce settlers' to locate in
northern Michigan the railroads will
early them there free and will ship
their household good's'a't half' rates.'
This is the-result of the;effpitof Land
Commissioner Wildey, wlio lias' disposed of 134,000 acres of state tax lands
during'the year 1903.—Gladwin Eec-
.ord.
FARWELL NEWS.  \
Miss, Bertha Wlesman visited in Detroit last week.
Mrs. Collicot is makine an extended
visit in Detroit.
Miss Grace Howard has returnee!
from a holiday visit to Paris.
JRev. Bullock .and family have returned from a visit to Lapeer.
Pete Baker is in town after,several
months'' absence in western states.
Mr. and. Mrs., Charles' 'Palmer are
to king an extended visit iu purand.
Mrs; Frazler of Coleman visited • re-»
latives here the latter .part'Of last-
week.
Fred Newlands of Hastings has
taken a position in Bingham's hard-,
ware store".
Mrs. McCormlek and little daughter
have.returned? having spen t the sum*
mer ahd autumn nsar Portland.
Anna Smith has contracted to point
out the-right path to'the juveniles' of-;
the HmklSvlile district and will begin
next week.      ' * -
Friday evening, the. fifteenth of this,
month,'is the date for the next fium-
be"r of the Farwell' Entertainment
Course. Gibeon Garl, the famiaus impersonator, appears.. The. management feel sure of a good thing In chia
entertainment.